Voice and data linkages in a telemedicine system permit services to be provided remotely, potentially increasing both the speed and the capacity of medical response and making it available when and where it is needed. Thus, in a disaster situation, a regional telemedicine hub that links a central command center with a network of clinical experts may expedite disaster response and improve patient outcomes, according to a study in the Journal of Medical Systems.

The American National Standards Institute and Shared Assessments Program have launched a project to explore the financial impact of unauthorized protected health information (PHI) access.

A consortium of California health organizations is seeking entries for the Southern California Healthcare Technology Acceleration Program.

Software developer company Diversinet has unveiled its Clinical Communicator application for health IT professionals to communicate with patients remotely via mobile devices and tablets.

GenoThreat, a tool designed to minimize the potential risks of synthetic biology for the nation's defense and security, is now available to the gene synthesis industry and synthetic biology community in an open-source format.

U.S. hospitals reported three areas of strengthteamwork, supervisor/manager expectations and actions promoting patient safety, and patient safetyin the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report."

Only 57 percent of children in the U.S. have access to a medical home, according to researchers at the Health Resources and Services Administrations (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau.  

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA and Nuance Communications have partnered to sell Nuances dictation systems to Fujifilms radiology customers.